Heritage Lottery Fund Awards £10,000 To Bradford Cathedral To Mark First World War Centenary

Sunday, 4 September 2016 09:00

Bradford Cathedral has received £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project and exhibition, Chaplains of the First World War, to be held at the Cathedral in November 2016.

Awarded through HLF’s First World War: then and now programme, the exhibition will focus on telling the story of the Army and Navy Chaplains who supported British and Empire forces during the First World War.

Thanks to National Lottery players the exhibition will mark the Centenary of the First World War and enable local people in Bradford to learn more about the work of the Chaplains who worked for the Army and Navy between 1914 and 1918. The Cathedral will work with local people, including young people, to discover more about the heritage of these men and to present their stories in an exhibition to coincide with Remembrance Sunday in November 2016.

After the exhibition is over, the information gathered will be made available in an online archive.

Commenting on the award, the Dean of Bradford the Very Revd Jerry Lepine said: “We are thrilled to have received the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and look forward to sharing the stories of these brave men with the people of Bradford. We would love to hear from anyone who is related to the Chaplains who supported local regiments, or who may have stories about them.”

Explaining the importance of the HLF support, the head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Yorkshire and the Humber, Fiona Spiers, said: “The impact of the First World War was far reaching, touching and shaping every corner of the UK and beyond. The Heritage Lottery Fund has already invested more than £78 million to more than 1,530 projects – large and small - that are marking this global Centenary; with our new small grants programme, we are enabling even more communities like those involved in “Chaplains of the First World War” to explore the continuing legacy of this conflict and help local young people in particular to broaden their understanding of how it has shaped our modern world.”

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